Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-07-28
CONTEMPTIBLE LIE
NAILED By EX-SENATOR CAMDEN,
At WHOM 1T AIMS.
DIRTY Politicians Who Go Out Of the
State TO Tell Their Lies and For Good
and Sufficient Reasons Mr.. Camden
Speaks OF the "IYOrIdv Article.


W5rH of TODAY, lated from Parkersburg,
W. Va, which YOU will greatly oblige me
by publishing. 1t was probably not inten-
ded for use in West Virginia.
The New York World, through some in
strumentality, seems to have been made the
organ for the publication of vicious assaults
upon me from the beginning Of the session
of the Legislature, and the canvass for cleo
ton of Senator in West Virginia. This ar
ticle purports to have been written from
Parkersburg and is probably the immediate
work of newspaper correspondent who
resides there but who is simply the instru-
ment of the same class of pretended Demo-
Gratis who, having violated every usage of
our party in comprising my defeat for SEN
ator. are now anxious to find, and have sug-
restcd excuses for their betrayal of party
trust and the World seems at all times to
be willing instrument or vehicle for them
for such purposes. The shameless ialsehood
that favored the election Of Mr.. Blaine in
1854 is well known to every voter in the
State, and surely need not make any de-
Tense TO suck d charge. | should be glad
to assume that it was merely the Ignorance
of the correspondent that made so ridicu-
lous suggestion, and accompanied it at
the same time by the statement that Mr.. ).
l.. Roger was a member of the Senate OF
West Virginia, but the design to create q
false and scandalous impression is so ap-
parent that it must find its origin from the
same sources that led to the violation of
every principle of party organization and
honorable conflict to secure my defeat, and
to accomplish personal ends.
am not disposed to complain of per-
sonal assaults made upon me, nor have.I
paid public attention to the ISLANDERS which
from time to time have been uttered In or
der to prepare the way for assaults made
upon myself and upon the party organiza-
ton in West Virginia, nor would | do so
now except that this statement seeks to give
color 10 the utterances of an afflicted man,
who has always been kind TO me, in order
to Justify the suggestions that were made
during the canvass at Charleston, and which
finally eliminated at my own suggestion in
a committee of Investigation, who had Mr..
Roger before it and fully and carefully ex-
amined him as to all information, discred-
tied every charge that has been made impli-
eating either myself or any of my friends
of the slightest misconduct in connection
with that campaign.
have no hesitation In frankly saying
that knew Mr.. + ger to be kind-hearted
and seriously afflicted man. He wrote me
from Cincinnati, stating that he was there
and out of money and not knowing whom
else to apply to asked the loan of $50, for
which sent him check, which he advised
me he was unable to get cashed. | there
upon telographed him to go to Alexander
| Mcdonald & Co. who knew my handwri-
ting, and they would cash it for him. Some
time afterwards he wrote me from Marietta,
saying he had been sick there for some days
and could not get home without further
loan. | thereupon sent him a check for
$50. These simple acts of kindness, the
| like of which have done TO others time
and time again. is made the basis of villain
Gus. shameful and false accusation against
me and against party integrity in West
Virginia. performed these acts of kind
ness and the evil spirit actuating these men
seeks to make it the foundation for charge
Of crime The correspondent, who has been
made the instrument knows himself that it
is not unusual for me to aid the needy, even
sometimes when | might know they are
scarcely worthy of it, Those who inspired
| this article, as well as the correspondent,
could very readily know, if they sought to
be fair and just, that there was no grand ju-
ry seeking for Mr.. Roger.
So far as | am concerned, ! court the
fullest investigation of my conduct wheth-
err by legislative committee grand juries,
or the larger constituency Of the people of
West Virginia,
Conscious of my own kindly purposes
and the integrity of my actions, desire to
call attention of the people of West Vir-
ginia to the spirit pervading this article in
order to let them Judge between my course
as a Democrat, and the course of those who
inspire such articles, to be published out
side of the State. J. n. CAMDEN.